when prices drop there needs to be a safety net to help manage risk.

Our tribes deserve better than the status quo.

We need some (R&D) money.

I think a more measured approach would have probably been better.

It is long past time to address the problems with IHS. They have been identified time and time and time again.

making sure that when disasters happen that we have a safety net is critically important.

Rural America is drying up.

I think IHS has a huge problem.

I can tell you that IHS has been a failure, quite frankly.

Recruitment and retention is a huge challenge.

If your voice is not made loud and clear throughout this process about what is important, ... then we are going to end up with a bill that is not going to meet the needs of rural America.

I think to open up a market to 1.3 billion people is no small effort.

I did not like that, had a difference of discussion with your predecessor about that.

I think there is a lot of people that serve in the United States Senate and Congress that do not understand production agriculture.

let us not take a step backwards because if we take a step backwards, especially in this time when we have low commodity prices, and they truly are very bad.

I do not know anybody that has made money off of crop insurance.

the real question here today is how the hell do we fix it, because it does not work.

There is no doubt about it and that is why we should be extremely proud of our U.S. producers.